Greetings all!
Setting up a list for a local league night and wanted some critique.
I've played mostly imperials to this point without much success. thought I'd try the Rebs this go around.
http://xwing-builder.co.uk/view/135001/2-dagger-3x-a-w
I've seen the nationals list with 2x Dagger, Biggs, and a Rookie. I wanted a bit more maneuverability.
Interested in thoughts on it!
The most glaring problem with your squad is the low pilot skill. Ironically the Daggers higher pilot skill might be somewhat wasted as it's still not high enough to make a big impact. It might actually be better to downgrade them to Blue squadron pilots instead and invest the points into something else.
Yeah the difference back in the day so to speak with XXBB was that Predator didn't exist. Now it is fairly common, so giving the opponent a whole list where they get two re-rolls can be risky. Not even close to auto-lose territory of course, and XXBB can definitely still work, but it is something to think about.
The most glaring problem with your squad is the low pilot skill. Ironically the Daggers higher pilot skill might be somewhat wasted as it's still not high enough to make a big impact. It might actually be better to downgrade them to Blue squadron pilots instead and invest the points into something else.
Can you expand on the low pilot skill being a problem?
Pilot skill comes in when you're wanting to get rid of a ship, and you have to wait for your opponent to shoot you first. You might not get to shoot. This is why I love flying Roark in the HWK. Throwing out PS12 to a ship is awesome if you have a monster like wedge or echo about to obliterate a ship of yours. Killing those hard hitters before they get to shoot is critical. When you fly all low PS, you have to fly very reactive and try to just weather the storm. With 2 B-wings you do have a lot of hull, but it disappears really fast with only 1 agility dice. Focus fire could see one gone in a turn (tough to do but 3-4 ships of solid rolling will do the trick). It's almost harder to kill an a-wing with 3 defense dice but only 4 hull than to kill a b-wing with 8 hull, cuz of that 1 defense dice.
My 2 cents. I think BBXX can work, but it's tricky.